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Give the Government its due: real strides have been made on the two problems that dogged housing delivery for a decade. Infrastructure investment is finally flowing and the rezoning of land is at last being tackled seriously. Over the next twelve months I expect an ample supply of zoned, serviced land to come on stream. That is a big win. But solving land only exposes the next bottleneck, and it is a serious one: money.

Property Insights by Johnny Gannon

The Galway City Ring Road took another significant step this week. Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers has confirmed that the project is expected to be included in the first block of roughly 10 schemes nationwide to be designated as critical infrastructure under legislation passed by the Dáil last month, with water, energy and transport prioritised in this initial round. For a project that has spent more than two decades in planning, this development changes the landscape in ways worth understanding.

Europe now builds at roughly half the rate it managed at its 20th-century peak. In the decades after the war, Europe rebuilt shattered cities, rolled out motorways, electrified regions, and housed a booming population, often within timelines that would seem impossible in the modern era. Today Europe has largely forgotten how to build. This week brought evidence that Ireland, at least, is starting to remember, along with a sobering reminder of how far there is still to go.

After 14 months in suspended animation, the Galway Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (GMATS) is moving again. The National Transport Authority and Galway City Council have restarted work on the plan that will shape how our city moves for the next two decades, covering everything from Bus Connects and active travel to the long-discussed Gluas light rail.

A new temporary display of silver has opened in Galway City Museum, providing a chance to view a rare selection of silverwork of Galway’s most renowned silversmith, Richard Joyce, credited as the creator of the Claddagh ring.

A remote island on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way will become the home of what is believed to be Ireland’s first public mead-making experience when visitors gather on Inishturk Island on Saturday, July 11, to discover, taste and create one of humanity’s oldest alcoholic drinks.

There is something quietly absurd happening in Irish accommodation right now. Across the west of Ireland, residential properties are hosting tourists on Airbnb while hotel beds in regional towns are occupied by long-term residential placements, including emergency and refugee accommodation. Houses built for families are full of visitors. Hotels built for visitors are, in many cases, no longer available to them. We have inverted the entire logic of how accommodation is supposed to work.

University of Galway will host a four-day exhibition exploring daily life in Gaza through personal testimony, photography, video, letters and children’s artwork. The exhibition centres on the experiences of Palestinian entrepreneur, writer and public speaker Shirene Yaseen, whose family remains in Gaza.

University of Galway will host a four-day exhibition exploring daily life in Gaza through personal testimony, photography, video, letters and children’s artwork. The exhibition centres on the experiences of Palestinian entrepreneur, writer and public speaker Shirene Yaseen, whose family remains in Gaza.